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Giancoli's Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Edition
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Nuclear Energy; Effects and Uses of Radiation
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Question by Giancoli, Douglas C., Physics: Principles with Applications, 7th Ed., ©2014, Reprinted by permission of Pearson Education Inc., New York.
Problem 24
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If a 1.0-MeV neutron emitted in a fission reaction loses one-half of its kinetic energy in each collision with moderator nuclei, how many collisions must it make to reach thermal energy (32kT=0.040 eV)(\tfrac{3}{2}kT = 0.040 \textrm{ eV})?

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25 collisions
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